2014 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 15 March 2014 and was finished in November. Aktobe were the defending champions having won their fifth league championship the previous year.
Season | 2014 |
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Champions | Astana (1st title) |
Relegated | Spartak Semey |
Champions League | Astana |
Europa League | Kairat Aktobe Ordabasy |
Matches played | 192 |
Goals scored | 465 (2.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Foxi Kéthévoama (15) |
Biggest home win | Kairat 7–1 Aktobe (R19) |
Biggest away win | Taraz 1–5 Shakhter (R3) |
Highest scoring | Astana 5–3 Irtysh (R17) Kairat 7–1 Aktobe (R19) |
← 2013 2015 → |
Teams
FC Vostok and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2013 season, and were replaced by FC Kaisar and Spartak Semey.
Team overview
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Aktobe | Aktobe | Aktobe Central Stadium | 15,000 |
Astana | Astana | Astana Arena | 30,000 |
Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
Irtysh | Pavlodar | Pavlodar Central Stadium | 15,000 |
Kairat | Almaty | Almaty Central Stadium | 25,057 |
Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gany Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 |
Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 35,000 |
Shakhter | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
Spartak Semey | Semey | Spartak Stadium | 8,000 |
Taraz | Taraz | Taraz Central Stadium | 11,525 |
Tobol | Kostanay | Kostanay Central Stadium | 10,500 |
Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aktobe | ![]() |
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Adidas | — |
Astana | ![]() |
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Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna |
Atyrau | ![]() |
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Adidas, | — |
Irtysh | ![]() |
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Adidas | ENRC |
Kairat | ![]() |
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Nike | KazRosGaz |
Kaisar | ![]() |
Nike | — | |
Ordabasy | ![]() |
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Adidas | TAU |
Shakhter | ![]() |
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Lotto | — |
Spartak Semey | ![]() |
Adidas | — | |
Taraz | ![]() |
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Adidas | — |
Tobol | ![]() |
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Adidas | — |
Zhetysu | ![]() |
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Adidas | — |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Atyrau | ![]() |
8 November 2013 | Pre Season | ![]() |
4 December 2013[1] | |
Kaisar | ![]() |
17 November 2013 | ![]() |
30 November 2013 | ||
Astana | ![]() |
End of contract | 27 November 2013 | ![]() |
28 November 2013[2] | |
Astana | ![]() |
Contract canceled | 13 December 2013 [3] | ![]() |
1 January 2014 | |
Taraz | ![]() |
10 June 2014 | ![]() |
10 June 2014[4] | ||
Astana | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 21 June 2014 | ![]() |
21 June 2014[5] | |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
First round
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Aktobe | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
2 | Kairat | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 42 | |
3 | Astana | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 39 | |
4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 36 | |
5 | Ordabasy | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 35 | |
6 | Kaisar | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 32 | |
7 | Zhetysu | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation round |
8 | Tobol | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 26 | |
9 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | Atyrau | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | |
11 | Taraz | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 19 | |
12 | Spartak Semey | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
Notes:
- ATY 0–1 IRT ; IRT 0-1 ATY
Results
Second round
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Astana (C) | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Aktobe | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Kairat | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 38 | |
4 | Ordabasy | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 27 | |
5 | Kaisar | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 27 | |
6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Team start with half number of points from first round.
(C) Champions
Results
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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7 | Tobol[lower-alpha 1] | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 26 | |
8 | Zhetysu | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 25 | |
9 | Atyrau | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 25 | |
10 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 25 | |
11 | Taraz (O) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
12 | Spartak Semey (R) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Team start with half number of points from first round.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Tobol have had 3 point(s) deducted.
Results
Relegation play-offs
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of Match played 9 November 2014[6]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Astana | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Atyrau | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Kairat | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Irtysh | 11 |
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Astana | ||
6 | ![]() |
Shakhter | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
Aktobe | 9 |
8 | ![]() |
Kaisar | 8 |
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Kairat | ||
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Aktobe | ||
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Aktobe |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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![]() | Astana | Irtysh | 4–3 | 19 April 2014[7] |
![]() | Kairat | Aktobe | 7–1 | 6 July 2014[8] |
![]() | Astana | Atyrau | 3–0 | 27 July 2014[9] |
![]() | Astana | Aktobe | 6–1 | 4 October 2014[10] |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Maksim Azovskiy for Spartak Semey against Tobol (15 March 2014)
- Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute,
- Edin Junuzović for Ordabasy against Aktobe (13 April 2014)[11]
- Latest goal of the season: 94th minute,
References
- Анатолий Юревич представлен футболистам "Атырау" (in Russian). sports.kz. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Вадим Абрамов назначен главным тренером "Астаны" (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- Есмухамет Спанов и Вадим Абрамов покидают «Астану» (in Russian). FC Astana. 2014-12-13. Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- Евгений Яровенко стал главным тренером Тараза. sport.nur.kz/ (in Russian). sport.nur.kz. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- Станимир Стойлов — новый главный тренер «Астаны» (in Russian). sports.kz. 2014-06-21.
- UEFA.com
- "Irtysh 3-4 Astana". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- "Kairat 7-1 Aktobe". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- "Astana 3-0 Atyrau". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- "Astana 6-1 Aktobe". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Ordabasy 1 - 0 Aktobe". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "Astana 1 - 0 Kaisar". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "Aktobe 1 - 0 Kaisar". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2014.